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Father sues hospital after 21-year-old daughter dies following ankle treatment
Dale Alice Martin, a 21-year-old student from New York, went to Waterbury Hospital in Connecticut for a broken ankle and died 14 hours later.
Her father, Lindsay Martin, has filed a lawsuit accusing the hospital of giving her too much pain medication and failing to check on her.
The lawsuit says the medication affected her breathing and that a nurse found her after her heart had stopped.
These are allegations in the lawsuit, and the sources do not give the hospital’s response.
The hospital was owned at the time by Prospect Medical Holdings, which had filed for bankruptcy three months before Martin died.
Her family’s lawyer says they will investigate whether the company’s management and the hospital’s resources contributed to her death.
Waterbury Hospital is now owned by UConn Health, and the lawsuit is ongoing.
Dale Alice Martin, 21, died after seeking treatment for a broken ankle at Waterbury Hospital in Connecticut.
Her father, Lindsay Martin, is suing the hospital, alleging that excessive pain medication caused her to stop breathing.
The lawsuit says no one checked on Dale until a nurse found her at 7am on April 10, when her heart had stopped.
The hospital was owned by Prospect Medical Holdings at the time and is now owned by UConn Health.
The family’s lawyer said the lawsuit will examine whether Prospect’s management contributed to the circumstances of Dale’s death.
- Who
- Dale Alice Martin, 21, died; her father, Lindsay Martin, filed the lawsuit against Waterbury Hospital.
- What
- The lawsuit alleges medical malpractice, claiming excessive pain medication caused Dale to stop breathing and die.
- When
- Dale died on April 10; the article says she died last year but does not state the year.
- Where
- Waterbury Hospital in Connecticut.
- Why
- Her father alleges the hospital’s treatment caused her death. The family’s lawyer also raised concerns about the hospital’s management and resources.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Within 14 hours of admission, providers at the hospital had administered so much pain medication that Dale stopped breathing and later died
But what we expect to find is that this was a hospital that was largely operating on fumes as a result of Prospect dismantling infrastructure within the hospital, reducing staff, training, and finding every way possible to extract value out of the hospital in a way that jeopardized care.
This story does not have a timeline yet.
- Patient
- Dale Alice Martin, 21
- Hospital
- Waterbury Hospital, Connecticut
- Lawsuit plaintiff
- Lindsay Martin, Dale’s father
- Reported time until death
- 14 hours after seeking treatment
- Hospital’s current owner
- UConn Health
Sources
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